FINAL Sale-A-Bration card sample and chance for free gifts

Big Day Butterfly

This is it!  Today (Tuesday, March 31st) is the last day to take advantage of the Stampin’ Up! free Sale-A-Bration gifts!  It’s been so much fun to receive free gifts with qualifying orders over the past 3 months!  Why not take one last chance to choose an additional free gift or two while you can!  And you’re going to very much want the three Sale-A-Bration free gifts used to create today’s card.

  • My idea for this card came from the gorgeous Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack.  I particularly love the butterfly print.  There are lots of fun things you can do with this vellum, like color in on the back side and use a stylus to push dimension into it.  But here I just used it simply – with a beautiful color like Coastal Cabana cardstock placed behind it so the color can shine through.
  • I love blues and purples together, and so I jumped immediately to my favorite purple – Rich Razzleberry – for the sentiment.  Here’s the second Sale-A-Bration product in my card – Big Day stamp set.  I used it for the “happy birthday” saying.  But what to do to make the sentiment really stand out? I heat embossed it by stamping in VersaMark ink, sprinkling on Silver Embossing Powder and heat embossing it with the Heat Tool.
  • I needed a bit more silver on my card to really tie it together so I used a Silver Button with two fibers attached.  This is the third Sale-A-Bration product on my card – the Coastal Cabana ribbon from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack.  I separated the vanilla twine away from the silver fibers of the Silver Baker’s Twine and added them in as well.  Don’t forget a package of Glue Dots – they’re the very best adhesive for adding embellishments to your card.

Big Day Butterfly closeup

Here are the links to view all of the various flyers containing the items you can choose free with each $50 order placed today:

Click HERE to view the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.
Click HERE to view the March additions to Sale-A-Bration.
Click HERE to view more great products added to the Sale-A-Bration offering.
In Colors
And speaking of Coastal Cabana, it is one of the five 2013-15 In Colors that will be leaving us very soon.  Not sure how I’m going to design without this gorgeous blue!  Be sure to grab all of these beautiful colors before they go on the retiring list in April.  They’ll only be available “while supplies last” and in past years they’ve flown off the shelves.  And, you might as well get Sale-A-Bration benefits while stocking up on these soon-to-be-gone colors!

 

WEEKLY DEALS

And why not add on some of this week’s Weekly Deals!  If you don’t own one, you’ve just gotta grab a Magnetic Platform for your Big Shot!  And while you’re at it, there are lots and lots of accessories, too!  Here are your sale item:

Order these and all your favorite Stampin’ Up! products at my Online Store.

Don’t Forget!

You’ll always have an opportunity to earn FREE card kits with every purchase you make through me!   Earn free April card kits by using hostess code 2U99NU3W when checking out.  You’ll find more info on my free card kit program HERE.

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Heat Tool

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March Stamp With Me – attend or “by mail”

March Stamp With Me Class will show off the March-only Sale-A-Bration free gifts, as well as more from the Occasions Catalog.

I’d like you to be able to participate in whatever way that works best for you!

1.  Attend class on Thursday, March 12th, from 5:30 to 7:30pm, at the Finger Lakes Gifts & Lounge,  located at 60 Seneca Street in Geneva, NY.

2. Attend class on Wednesday, March 18th, from 6:00-8:30pm at the Hidden Valley Clubhouse, 199 Hidden Valley Rd., Rochester NY 14624.

3.  Get your card packets in the mail from me with my “By Mail” program – check it out HERE.

Here’s a sneak peek:

March Stamping Class
It was incredibly hard to design cards this month, because there is so much going on, and I wanted to show you all of it!
  1. Our Happy Hoppy Easter card uses the For Peeps Sake stamp set along with Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper, a free Sale-A-Bration product!
  2. Next is our For All You Do card.  You can also choose a “Happy Easter” sentiment for this card.  It uses three brand new Sale-A-Bration items – For Being You stamp set, Nature’s Perfection stamp set and Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack.  We’ll be using markers to color in the vellum for a stained glass effect!
  3. And finally, you’ll be treated to a sample of the Paper Pumpkin subscriptions with our shaker card.  Sentiments will vary between “happy birthday,” “hello” and “thank you”.  Purchase three prepaid subscriptions to Paper Pumpkin and choose a free Sale-A-Bration gift this month only.

Class is $15 including coordinating envelopes, or your cards are free with a minimum $25 order, whether you attend or get your card kits “By Mail”!

Place an online order HERE using hostess/workshop code 2JB2TN6N.

to receive your cards and envelopes completely FREE!  And if you’re not able to attend, I will mail your card kits to you free of charge!

If you’re attending class, I’ll provide all of the supplies you’ll need to create your cards except for Stampin’ Up! SNAIL Adhesive and Dimensionals, which you’ll need to bring with you.  If you don’t have these adhesives, please let me know.  I’ll bring them with me to class.

Please register by the following dates for the option you’d like:

before Wednesday, March 11th for the Geneva location

before Monday, March 16th for the Rochester location and

before March 17th for your “By Mail” kit

Simply email me at krisshuels@gmail.com to let me know that you’re attending one of the two classes or that you want your class “By Mail”.


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Lotus Blossom Sympathy

Lotus Blossom Sympathy

The Lotus Blossom stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! 2015 Sale-A-Bration Brochure has been one of the most popular stamp sets ever!  People are falling in love with three-step stamping and it’s so easy to create such a stunning result.  And it can be yours completely free during the month of March with an order of at least $50 in Stampin’ Up! product.

Unfortunately I needed yet another sympathy card this week when a good customer’s brother passed away unexpectedly.  I usually have these cards on hand, but I wanted something super special for her, and she loves the Lotus stamp set.

  • I’m finding that rather than stamping the lotus blossom from dark to light, I’m stamping from light to dark.  It seems easier to me to line up the petals.  For my 3 colors for this card, I began with off stamping Rich Razzleberry (ink up your stamp, stamp on a scrap piece of paper then onto your cardstock).  Step 2 was using Rich Razzleberry full strength, and Step 3 I used Blackberry Bliss ink.
  • I used Pear Pizzazz cardstock as my card base and as the base for my main image.  The Mossy Meadow Ribbon coordinated nicely, and I used Mossy Meadow Ink to stamp the sentiment from A Dozen Thoughts stamp set.
  • Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack contains this pretty Blackberry Bliss print.
  • Be sure to use Dimensionals to add depth to your card.  I popped up the main image and also the sentiment with this handy adhesive.
  • Gorgeous Grunge stamp set created the splatters in the background.  This is definitely the most used stamp set on my shelf!

 

Lotus Blossom Sympathy closeup

Don’t Forget!

You’ll always have an opportunity to earn FREE card kits with your purchases through me.   Please use 2JB2TN6N when checking out to receive March Stamp With Me card kits FREE.  I’ll have card samples up soon!  You’ll find more info on my free card kit program HERE.
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Tiny Treats for Sale-A-Bration

Time To Celebrate Boxes

What do you think of these Tiny Treat Boxes decorated with Sale-A-Bration ribbon and designer paper?  I made them for my team who attended this past weekend’s fun card-making event.  We got together to make 20 card samples all using Sale-A-Bration stamp sets!  In my opinion, these are the best stamp sets for a Sale-A-Bration event that Stampin’ Up! has ever created.  I just love them all!

These little treat boxes held 8 Hershey’s chocolate assorted mini candy bars perfectly and acted as a little favor for the festivity.  They’re big enough to actually hold something substantial, but they’re small enough so you don’t have to buy too much to fill them – they’re 2″ square.

I cut 1″ x 6″ strips of the Sale-A-Bration Best Year Ever Designer Paper, adhered one end to the bottom back side of the cube with Fast Fuse Adhesive, then just wrapped around the 3 sides (no paper on the very bottom).  I tied the Coastal Cabana ribbon from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack around the entire box and tied it in a bow.

Did you catch the sentiment – “time to celebrate” for our Sale-A-Bration event!  It’s from the Time to Celebrate hostess-exclusive stamp set in the Occasions Catalog.  I adhered it to the box with a Dimensional on either side, being careful not to catch the designer paper.  This way, you don’t have to ruin the wrappings to get at the chocolate.  Simply untie the bow and slide the designer paper out from under the tag.  Clever, huh?!

Time to Celebrate 1 box

These are just two of the gifts you can choose for every $50 you spend during Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sale event of the year – Sale-A-Bration.  Click HERE to view the 2015 Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

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Don’t Forget!

  • Order your 2015 Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog shares!  Get smaller portions of all of the wonderful new papers, ribbons and accessories.  Click HERE for more information.
  • And as always, get your free card kits!  Place a qualifying order with me, either online or by contacting me, and you can receive FREE card kits!  Here’s the hostess code for my January classes – please use US97YC2Z when checking out to receive January Stamp Shoppe and/or Stamp With Me card kits FREE.  You’ll find more info on my free card kit program HERE.

Order these and all your favorite Stampin’ Up! products at my Online Store.


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Hey, Valentine!

Hey Valentine

You’re going to love working with the sweet images in the new Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Hey, Valentine.  And today I’m also showing you two separate gifts you can receive during the biggest sale event of the year – Sale-A-Bration.  With each $50 you spend from now until the end of March, choose among fabulous free gifts in the new Sale-A-Bration brochure.  The two featured in this card are the Best Year Ever Designer Paper and the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack.  I used some of the three ribbons in the accessory pack, but you’ll also receive coordinating buttons.

A circle theme is a great one when there’s fish and bubbles involved!  The background of the card is Coastal Cabana cardstock run through the Big Shot using the Large Polka Dot embossing folder.  The designer paper has a circle pattern, and I even rounded the corners of the main image using the Envelope Punch Board.  Yep, best corner rounder ever – two for one use on this great tool!

Stampin’ Write Markers were used to color in this cute image.  Color scheme in the designer paper is Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede and Whisper White.  Don’t forget to use StazOn Black Ink to stamp your image when you want to do some coloring!

Don’t Forget!

  • Order your 2015 Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalog shares!  Get smaller portions of all of the wonderful new papers, ribbons and accessories.  Click HERE for more information.
  • And as always, get your free card kits!  Place a qualifying order with me, either online or by contacting me, and you can receive FREE card kits!  Here’s the hostess code for my January classes – please use US97YC2Z when checking out to receive January Stamp Shoppe and/or Stamp With Me card kits FREE.  You’ll find more info on my free card kit program HERE.

Order these and all your favorite Stampin’ Up! products at my Online Store.
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Stampin Write Markers - Neutrals Collection

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